Amazon ECR vs IBM Cloud Container Registry comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and IBM are both solutions in the Container Registry category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.3, while IBM is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.0. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 16.9% mindshare in CR, compared to IBM’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of IBM users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on May 21, 2025

Amazon ECR and IBM Cloud Container Registry provide container registry services. Amazon ECR holds an advantage in pricing and support, while IBM Cloud Container Registry may be chosen for its comprehensive feature set.

Features: Amazon ECR offers seamless integration with AWS services, strong security policies, and reliability. IBM Cloud Container Registry provides robust security features, image vulnerability scanning, and efficient scalability. IBM is strong in security and scalability, while Amazon is known for integration and reliability.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Amazon ECR benefits from integration with AWS infrastructure, backed by AWS's resources. IBM Cloud Container Registry simplifies deployment across cloud and on-premises, offering personalized support. IBM's flexibility offers an advantage in support.

Pricing and ROI: Amazon ECR is cost-effective, operating on a pay-as-you-go model with lower setup costs. IBM Cloud Container Registry has higher initial costs with potential long-term value through features and scalability. Amazon is suitable for cost-conscious organizations.

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon ECR

Ranking in Container Registry

1st

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

IBM Cloud Container Registry

Ranking in Container Registry

8th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Container Registry category, the mindshare of Amazon ECR is 16.9%, up from 16.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Cloud Container Registry is 0.8%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Container Registry Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Amazon ECR	16.9%
IBM Cloud Container Registry	0.8%
Other	82.3%

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PrashantaPaudel

Wordpress Trainer at SpeedZone.fi

Has supported container workflows through fast image handling and seamless service integrations

The most valuable feature of Amazon ECR is that we can push and pull faster than other similar products. It means saving and retrieving more efficiently. This is not manual dragging and dropping, but rather programmatic taking and saving. I have used Amazon ECR with Lambda, EC2, and EFS. These are integrable services where you can call Amazon ECR from anywhere in AWS. If my product is not always dependent totally on Amazon ECR only, but if the product is dependent on Amazon ECR only, then having a low time to load, low time to save, and a faster containerizing process time would affect the software's response time. This is important.

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Manuel Cruz

Manager, Information Technology at Universidade do Porto

Ensures students only have access while on campus but is expensive

It was limited because it was only to support a program. There was some benefits because we didn't have the infrastructure physically, so we would have to buy it. We didn't have to make an investment at the beginning. It has pay-as-you-use pricing. It was good for us. In this Business Intelligence and Analytics program, there are about 15 courses. In 10 courses, they use the cloud infrastructure, different software. They have MySQL database with lots of data. They have to do exercises and and analyze the the data. Basically, they had to do a lot of exercises regarding machine learning. Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The lifecycle policies of Amazon ECR help manage storage costs in my project by maintaining version control over the containerized images that we are keeping there."

"In the case of Amazon ECR, there are various valuable features we can see. Currently, there are image-scanning capabilities that we use."

"ECR provides robust security features, including image scanning and vulnerability assessment, supported by AWS identity and access management for fine-grained access control."

"It is easy to use compared to other container registries."

"The main feature I value is the ability to deposit and retrieve images."

"The most valuable feature of Amazon ECR is that we can push and pull faster than other similar products."

"The most valuable feature is that Amazon ECR is very simple and useful."

"There are no issues. The service is remarkably stable."

More Amazon ECR pros

"We use the the IBM cloud to provide the computing solution for the course."

"The product is efficient and can be used for multiple environments."

Cons

"Deeper integration with other security tools would enhance usability."

"Amazon ECR should improve the integration with Amazon CloudWatch. For example, allowing us to monitor the queues better. Additionally, some of the features could be made more accessible."

"There is no room for improvement mentioned; it's good as is."

"If there were a way to use containers as tasks directly, that would simplify things. Currently, when we use EC2 instances, scaling horizontally means increasing the instance count by five times, which might not be cost-effective. Maybe using containers directly for tasks could be a better option."

"Amazon ECR needs to improve its downtime."

"Amazon ECR's manipulation capability of tags needs to be improved."

"When it comes to pricing for Amazon ECR, that is the only area AWS has to look into."

"There were a few issues related to the roles, policies, and retrieval of data when trying to fetch images for deployment on Amazon ECS. This can involve permissions and configuration complexities."

More Amazon ECR cons

"IBM Cloud Container Registry should improve its API management. One improvement factor could be enhancing the integration capabilities of container registries like Harbor with hyperscaler platforms. While some container registries, like Azure Container Registry and IBM Cloud Container Registry, are tightly integrated with their respective hyperscaler environments, others may lack integration options."

"Price should be reduced."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Amazon ECR does not have a high cost."

"The product is expensive."

"The main difference between Amazon ECR and other solutions, like Google Kubernetes Engine, is that I haven't personally used GKE. However, I know that GKE costs around $60 per month, which is quite cost-effective."

"My company currently has Amazon ECR under the pay-as-you-go model. The tool is more affordable than Azure Container Registry, and it's worth the money."

"The solution's prices are high in India as compared to the US."

"The solution's price is reasonable compared to its competitors"

"The product is recommended to enterprises due to its high costs."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

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Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	12
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	7

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon ECR?

One feature of Amazon ECR that I find particularly useful is its web interface, which makes management easy. The ability to manage and support token image updates is crucial for us. Moreover, utili...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon ECR?

When it comes to pricing for Amazon ECR, that is the only area AWS has to look into. Services like IoT services or SageMaker are very high, and many times customers complain that while the initial ...

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What needs improvement with Amazon ECR?

For potential areas of improvement in Amazon ECR, I need to check if AWS has features similar to Azure Defender for scanning, getting vulnerabilities, and patching recommendations. Regarding additi...

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What do you like most about IBM Cloud Container Registry?

The product is efficient and can be used for multiple environments.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Cloud Container Registry?

I rate the pricing at six on a scale, of ten where ten is expensive.

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What needs improvement with IBM Cloud Container Registry?

The price should be reduced.

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Compared 14% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Also Known As

Amazon Elastic Container Registry

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Overview

Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) is a fully-managed Docker container registry that makes it easy for developers to store, manage, and deploy Docker container images. Amazon ECR is integrated with Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), simplifying your development to production workflow.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

IBM Cloud Container Registry provides a multi-tenant, highly available, private image registry that is hosted and managed by IBM. You can use the registry by adding a namespace that is private to your account and then push images to your namespace. ... A tag is an identifier of an image within a repository.

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